Stripe

Stripe is a technology platform that developers use to build and run internet businesses. Hundreds of thousands of businesses – ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies – rely on Stripe’s software tools to securely accept payments, expand globally, and create new revenue streams.
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About Stripe

“Almost every company is becoming a technology company in some form, and every business needs new kinds of economic tools to address a global customer base and take advantage of the opportunities of a fully networked world. Stripe hopes to accelerate this progress.”

Patrick Collison, CEO and Co-Founder

Working with CapitalG

“Stripe is tackling one of the last Google-sized problems on the internet. CapitalG’s deep expertise in internet business and operational guidance will be invaluable as we work to unlock economic opportunity for businesses everywhere.”

Will Gaybrick, CFO

Advice for Entrepreneurs

“Nail the product. Nearly everything else can be solved along the way. But the product has to be great.”

John Collison, President and Co-Founder

Stripe’s Growth Story

Having built a number of apps in the past, Patrick and John Collison knew first-hand the difficulty of accepting payments online and selling to people anywhere in the world.

While the internet is theoretically borderless, this is completely untrue when it comes to transacting online. Most people in the world are prevented from actually participating in the internet economy. It seemed obvious that there should be an instant-setup payment platform for developers that could scale to serve businesses of any size — from newly launched startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Stripe launched in September 2011, and has since become the default platform for building and running an internet business. Much more than just accepting payments, Stripe helps its users incorporate a company, block fraud with advanced machine learning, and pay out to third parties. Today, Stripe processes billions of dollars a year for hundreds of thousands of businesses around the globe, making it one of the largest platforms in the world for digital entrepreneurship.